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From: OpenSauce04 <opensauce04@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:11:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added AI policy document

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+- [ ] I have read the [Azahar AI Policy document](https://github.com/azahar-emu/azahar/blob/master/AI-POLICY.md) and have disclosed any use of AI if applicable under those terms.
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+# Azahar Emulator AI Use Policy
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+The following document outlines the acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI within the Azahar codebase.
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+It describes whether or not submissions which were exposed to large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, and similar models would be capable of being merged in a pull request or otherwise utilized.
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+- ✅ Use of AI to help developers discover or understand problems in the codebase is acceptable **under the condition that any discovered issue is independently verified by a human**.
+- ✅ Use of AI to write code snippets of a sufficiently small size that they aren't reasonably copyrightable **with disclosure in the PR description** is acceptable.
+  - This will be handled on a case-by-case basis and is up to the interpretation of the maintainer, but generic algorithm snippets up to a maximum of approximately 5 lines of code are acceptable.
+- ❌ Use of AI to write code for submission without disclosure is prohibited.
+- ❌ Use of AI to write the entirety/ a significant portion of a contribution is prohibited.
+- ❌ Use of AI to write snippets of code which are of a size such that they could reasonably be copyrightable is prohibited.
+- ❌ Use of AI to rewrite incompatibly-licensed code for submission to Azahar is prohibited.
+- ❌ Use of AI to autonomously submit pull requests or issues is prohibited.
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+Pull requests which violate these rules will be closed. Previously accepted submissions which are found to violate these rules will be retroactively removed from the codebase.
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+This document may be updated in the future if further clarification is required.
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+This policy is effective for code submitted on or after the 20th of March 2026.